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What was your energy bill for Dec 2024? 4 bed semi detached

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BeShyPlumLeader · 10/01/2025 10:33

Hi all

Husband is saying we're having the heating on too much / too high. Bill for December was £275. It's a four bed semi detached house, had all new heating system and boiler about two years ago, and new double glazed windows around the same time.

He likes it put it on about 16-17 degrees. I am comfortable at 18.5 - it never goes above that. Goes down to 9 at night time.

I absolutely HATE feeling cold. Possible thyroid issue that is being looked into, but when I'm cold it is all encompassing and I cannot focus on anything (WFH two days per week).

So I'm curious - if you live in a similar size property, what was your energy bill for Dec 2024 please?

(Just realised we were obviously all home a bit more than usual late Dec as no school or work)

Thanks

OP posts:
NoWordForFluffy · 19/01/2025 08:43

Lovelynames123 · 19/01/2025 08:42

4 bed semi, but with terrible insulation upstairs. I pay £130 to Octopus monthly and I'm usually in credit by the summer. I'm single and have my dc here 50% of the time though, and work 12 hour days when don't have dc so probably not comparable to a family of 4, especially if working from home

What was your usage for December? It's easy to find on the Octopus app.

Lovelynames123 · 19/01/2025 08:42

4 bed semi, but with terrible insulation upstairs. I pay £130 to Octopus monthly and I'm usually in credit by the summer. I'm single and have my dc here 50% of the time though, and work 12 hour days when don't have dc so probably not comparable to a family of 4, especially if working from home

NoWordForFluffy · 19/01/2025 08:36

Usage for December was just over £149 combined (4 bed, new build terraced townhouse). £65 of that was gas.

The bottom two floors are kept at about 19° from 6.30 - 20.30, then down to 15°. The top floor is at 18° in the morning, 17° in the afternoon / evening and then 12° overnight.

Quiinkong · 19/01/2025 08:36

BeShyPlumLeader · 10/01/2025 10:33

Hi all

Husband is saying we're having the heating on too much / too high. Bill for December was £275. It's a four bed semi detached house, had all new heating system and boiler about two years ago, and new double glazed windows around the same time.

He likes it put it on about 16-17 degrees. I am comfortable at 18.5 - it never goes above that. Goes down to 9 at night time.

I absolutely HATE feeling cold. Possible thyroid issue that is being looked into, but when I'm cold it is all encompassing and I cannot focus on anything (WFH two days per week).

So I'm curious - if you live in a similar size property, what was your energy bill for Dec 2024 please?

(Just realised we were obviously all home a bit more than usual late Dec as no school or work)

Thanks

Live in a council flat with very poor insulation and it gets extremely cold on the 5th floor. Have to turn heating up to at least 26 to keep the place warm enough to inhabit it with my almost 6mth old. Goes on between 7 and 9 and goes off between 9 and 10. I've just paid £290 with BG for a 1 bedroom flat

StubbleTurnips · 19/01/2025 08:34

4 bed Victorian (high ceilings) here, always freezing. We keep it at 16-18 otherwise we struggle with damp issues.
£218 for December, but the log burner ran all day every day for actual warmth - mostly electric due to WFH

40andlovelife · 19/01/2025 08:32

£420. 3 bed semi but we have a hot tub and despite them being marked red as only costing about £40 a month to run they bloody don't!

Didimum · 19/01/2025 08:28

Sounds a tad high. Ours was £300, but our 4-bed is Victorian, single glazed and freezing. We keep it at 18 at all times and between 20-22 when in during the day.

BlanketLanyard · 19/01/2025 08:27

Mine was just under £240 for similar sized, detached though. Very inefficient old house, in chilly Scotland, it's never more than 17c indoors and often around 15c, we wear a lot of layers.

Whenindoubthugitout · 19/01/2025 08:24

4 bed detached
east coast scotland
electric car
£241 combined.
house is heated to 20 degrees in the evening
17 during the day

Metalhead · 19/01/2025 08:22

On a cold day we use ca. £10 worth of gas & electricity according to our Smart meter, so that would equal around £300 a month. I have to put the heating on if the temperature inside gets below 18 degrees, I like it to be around 19.5/20.

Gallowayan · 19/01/2025 08:20

Similar property. For electricity we pay £60 per month. Our heating is oil and this cost £740 per year, so around £60 per month. Average combined cost about £120 per month. House is well insulated. We keep it around 19 during the day. No heating after bedtime and it is around 16 when I switch it on in the mornings.

PigInAHouse · 19/01/2025 08:18

4 bed detached. Actual cost of fuel used in December was £330. I refuse to be cold in my own home so prioritise heating costs over anything else.

Season0fthesticks · 19/01/2025 08:16

£110 in gas, that was actual usage
Edited to add 3 bed semi
And putting the heating on whenever I like

LegoBingo · 19/01/2025 08:10

Careful or your house will go mouldy

Mummadeze · 19/01/2025 08:06

£176 for a 3 bed semi but we only had the heating on all day for the main Xmas days as a treat. The rest of the time we make do between 9am-6pm with Oodies and / or electric blankets. The heating is on from 5am-9am and 6pm-9pm.

WhatToWrite · 19/01/2025 08:02

We have a big draughty Victorian semi so our usage in December was over £500.

I think the main issue is the temperatures you're mentioning, they are far too cold! I'd be completely miserable in a house where the heating was set to 16c.

user1471528631 · 19/01/2025 07:56

That sounds high to me,3 bed semi here tho.20deg in daytime 16 at night since September and disabled wife at home all the time(who still says its freezing in here lol)£165 a month gas and electric with British Gas

WhatTheFudges · 19/01/2025 07:48

£290, 4 bed detached. Worth every penny, I will not be cold in my own house! Work full time in the office though so out the house a lot. We have it around 20-21 degrees to click on at 6:30am and 3pm, then it also comes on if it drops below temp for the rest of the evening until 11pm.

Oblomov25 · 19/01/2025 07:40

Is he a tight miser normally. Tell him that the recommended temperature is 19, actually it's 18-21. So his choosing 16 is too low.

Toastandbutterand · 19/01/2025 05:46

2 bed semi
Heating on constantly at 17.5. it's cheaper to run at night so I don't see the point turning it off.

Gas and electric are on key meters, £85 for both in December.

First week of January was £35 though as it was so cold (-4!)

littlemisspickles · 19/01/2025 03:48

3 bed semi, husband works from home £120 for both. We all have Oodies!

NoGwenItsABoxingDayTrifle · 19/01/2025 02:46

£158 3 bed semi with utility warehouse.

UmopapIsdn · 19/01/2025 02:43

£120 actual cost, not DD

I'm home 24/7 so the heating is on a lot (at 18-19°).

nottoplan · 19/01/2025 02:43

£220 * was the actual bill not the dd

nottoplan · 19/01/2025 02:41

Four bed detached , have heating on when we are in at around 20 , down to around 16 when we are out or overnight , bill for all gas and electric was 220 for December